1/24 Grumman F3F-2 - From WW1 to WW2 GB

[ccheese]

Got to work on the upper wing-tips tonight. The series of photos shows the progress from marking the balsa from the patterns, rough cutting with a coping saw and sanding to the right shape. Twas then I noticed the wing-tips were 1/8th inch too thin, so I had to cut two blanks from a sheet of 1/8" balsa, glue it on (to the bottom) and sand a bit. Last photo shows the wing tips attached to the wing. Will let them dry overnight, then sand to shape on the morrow.
Thanks for looking in...

Charles

 

[Gnomey]

Neat work so far Charles!

 

[Wayne Little]

Top stuff Charles...

 

[tigerdriver]

very tidy

 

[N4521U]

Good solution.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Give us more...!

 

[ccheese]

Give us more...!

And more you shall have. My TV, home phone and internet was down from Tues. evening til Wed. afternoon, so I had time to do some sanding and scraping on the wing tips. Seems we had a power surge and it took out the Verizon box outside.

Here's where we are.....

Charles

 

[Wurger]

 

[meatloaf109]

They look great!

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Charles!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Doing a nice job there Charles.

 

[woody]

Nice work Charles.

 

[N4521U]

They surely do look great! Well done Charles.

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice Charles

 

[ccheese]

Worked on the landing gear, today, making one of the cross braces. Believe me, fine soldering is not my forte !
I used a small pair of vice grips to hold the wire in place and to act as a heat sink. Didn't want to burn the
airplane !

Charles

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Charles!

 

[meatloaf109]

Excellent job for not being good at it! Could have fooled me!

 

[woody]

Nice work Charles was the landing gear pre bent or did you have to bend them.

 

[ccheese]

Nice work, Charles. Was the landing gear pre bent or did you have to bend them.

It all started with a straight piece of 1/32" diameter steel wire. I had to make all the bends (several times !)

Charles